How much did you start as a nurse and when.

[ZASHAGALKA]

Just a curiosity thread:

What was your first nursing salary and when did you command what I'm sure is going to be such high salaries? LOL.

Me: 13.18/hr as an RN in San Antonio in 1993.

Ironically, I left my LPN job outside of Baltimore MD to take that job, and I was making 14.50/hr as an LPN in LTC in MD at that time.

(My first healthcare job, as a CNA in 1991: 6.20/hr.)

~faith,

Timothy.

[jamonit]

throughout the phoenix area, new grads in acute care settings start at $24. then of course there's the shift differential, etc for us vampires.

[dansamy]

New grad in AL: $18.xx.

[elizabeth321]

$12/hr as a RPN in 1986

Liz

[Tsmithlvn2rn]

As a new grad LVN ~first job- made $18.00/hr SNF

6 months later a little smarter, and at a new SNF now making $19.50/hr

:yeahthat:

[sweet sunshine]

14 an hour in 1993, now make 41.20 . boston

[Lacie, BSN, RN]

12.50 hr in Lexington Kentucky in 1982 in Critical Care.

[gerry79]

March 07 (provided I pass the boards) $28.00/hr

[jimthorp]

$16.25/hr as a GPN in 2005 up $1/hr when I passed my boards.

[P_RN, ADN, RN]

6 yr experience but 1st hospital job......$4.03

32 years experience with 22 at same facility $24.21

On disability pension from OJ injury $984 a month.

[lsyorke, RN]

1984 New LPN $5.45/hr. A big 10cent an hour raise from what I was making as a unit secretary. 22 years later, I'm making MUCH,MUCH more!!

[sbic56, BSN, RN]

1984 New LPN $5.45/hr. A big 10cent an hour raise from what I was making as a unit secretary. 22 years later, I'm making MUCH,MUCH more!!

Same story! I made $5.25 as an LPN in 1984. Doing a little better these days. (RN now)

[RNHawaii34]

i made $10.35 an hour when i was a cna back in 1998. now i made 20 something an hour as an rn. i say the tax on my rn paycheck now is equal to what i make when i was a nurse aide :-(